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Ancient Rome

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1757

Ancient Rome by Giovanni Paolo Panini
Ancient Rome by Giovanni Paolo Panini, 2.3 m × 1.78 m
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

2.3 m × 1.78 m

It would not fit through your front door. Stood on end it is 1.4 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

This work 1.78 m Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
1.78 m
Width
2.3 m
Medium
Oil on canvas
Kind
Paintings
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
67 3/4 x 90 1/2 in. (172.1 x 229.9 cm)
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 2.3 m × 1.72 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit
Gwynne Andrews Fund, 1952

Ask this work

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
2.3 m × 1.78 m. It would not fit through your front door. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1757. It is in the public domain, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Gwynne Andrews Fund, 1952.
How was it made?
Oil on canvas.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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